Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Hello everyone out there in blogland! I hope you have sunnier skies than what we have. I don't mind the rain, but it's become chilly . . . brrrr! Perfect reason to make a sunny and happy card. The following card was inspired by a sketch on the Penny Black Blog.

Friday, May 20, 2011

What a beautiful sunny day! Definitely some wonderful weather for some gardening. Before I head out for the day, I wanted to tell you about the new challenge that will be posted today at Simply Create. The theme is Special Day! So come join us for the fun and let's see what you create - birthday, wedding or whatever other Special Day you would like to celebrate!

For this challenge I decided to make a wedding keepsake box. I have had the supplies since I got married last year and have just not been able to find time to do the actual project.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Ok, since I couldn't sleep, I decided I would try something new and found a CAS (Clean and Simple) challenge on the Outlawz Challenges blog. The specifications were to use: kraft, flowers and pearls. Of course since it is CAS; not filling in those empty spaces or doing lots of layers was hard for me. I am still not too sure what I think about this particular card, but it is kind of growing on me. I know the young lady who I am going to send it to probably won't be analyzing it like I am, however, all that open space is kinda freakin' me out LOL!

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Hello blogland! I just had to do a post on how excited I am that two very nice things have happened in the past week. First, I won some blog candy on Cats Scratching Post as part of the Simon Says Stamp Anniversary Challenge and Blog hop. I won a $10 gift certificate to Simon Says Stamp online store (my absolute favourite online store). Next, I just found out I made the top 3 at The Sisterhood of Crafters challenge blog for my mom's mother's day card that is in the post below. I have never won candy or been top 3 before so I am very thrilled as I often wondered if it would ever happen - there is just so much amazing talent out there! Thank you to all my new blog visitors and followers and for all of your lovely comments; they are much appreciated!
Have a wonderful day,

Friday, May 6, 2011

Since it is Mother's Day weekend in the US (and Canada), Simply Create challenges you to create something with sayings that either Moms would say or what someone else may say about or to Moms.

Be sure to check out what the SC team has come up with for inspiration and be sure to add your own creation to the list.

My creation is for my mom for Mother's Day this weekend; so hopefully you are not reading my blog in the next couple of days Mom! If you do, pretend you haven't seen this :) LOL!

Anyway, my card is made up of "Mom-isms" that I have heard my mom say in the past.
I used all CTMH products for this card.
Colors are: Baby Pink, Heavenly Blue, Chocolate and Vineyard Berry.
I used the RGB codes for the CTMH colors (as listed on my blog - check out the CTMH RGB color page) to print out the "Top 10 Mom-isms" on my printer.
I used a variety of fonts from CK and others downloaded from the internet.
Stamp sets used were: Simple Stitches and Dream Big.
The paper kit is: Level II Top Stitch (one of my faves!) and the matching My Stickease are Top Stitch as well.

I inked the blooms and the edges of the paper. The inside flower was made using paper shapers punches and My Stickease. This card was inspired by a sketch from Clean & Simple Stamping and even though I didn't totally stay "Simple", their design got my creative juices going.